Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern United States and Adjacent Canada |
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achene acuminate acute alternate annual anthers ascending basal base beak bearing beneath blades bracts branched broadly brown cauline cespitose cm wide commonly conspicuously Culms densely elliptic elongate entire equaling erect exceeding flat forming glabrous glume green hairs hairy half herbs infl lanceolate lateral Leaves lemma less lfls linear lobes longer lower margins maturity middle Minn minute mm wide Moist narrow narrowly Native nearly nerves numerous oblong obovate obtuse ovary ovate ovoid pairs pale panicle pedicels peduncles perennial perigynia petioles pistillate placentae plants pubescent racemes range rarely rhizomes rounded scales seeds segments separate sessile sheaths short shorter shrubs side simple slender slightly soil solitary sometimes sparsely spikelets spikes spreading stamens stems sterile stigma stipules stout strongly style subtended summit terminal thick trees upper usually veins winged woods yellow